New York, Asia Society Museum, bronze label

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Dedication of a Buddhist bronze, possibly from Nākappaṭṭiṉam. Asia Society Museum, New York, acc. no. 1979.15. The inscription is engraved on the lotus pedestal (Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002, p. 58).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00180.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00180.xml.

Version: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-11-14 17:59 (8dd1912).

Edition

⟨1⟩ Irājen¡t!racōḻa-p-perumpaḷḷi Akkacālai-p-perum-paḷḷi Āḻvār kōyilukku tiru-v-utsavam Eḻun=taruḷa Āḻvār Ivv-āḻvārai Eḻun=taruḷuvit=tār ciṟutavūr nālāṅkuṇākara-Uṭaiyār

⟨2⟩ ↜ svasti śrī pati¡n!-eṇ-viṣaiyattukkum Akkacālaikaḷ nāyakar ↝

Translation by Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002

⟨1⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the āḻvār for a festival procession of the temple of Akkacālai-perumpaḷḷi in Rājendracōḻa-perumpaḷḷi.

⟨1⟩ This āḻvār was set up by Nālaṅ-kuṇākara-uṭaiyār of Ciṟutavūr.

⟨2⟩ Let it be auspicious!

⟨2⟩ ⟨This āḻvār called⟩ Akkacālaikaḷ-nāyakar is for all the Patineṇ-viṣaiyam.

Translation

⟨1⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the lord, so that he graciously rises¹ ⟨at⟩ the glorious festival ⟨time⟩, ⟨donated⟩ to the temple of the lord of the perumpaḷḷi² of the akkacālai³ in the perumpaḷḷi of Rājendra Cōḻa.

⟨1⟩ Nālāṅ Kuṇākara Uṭaiyār had this lord graciously risen.⁴

⟨2⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ The lord of the akkacālai ⟨is⟩ for⁵ the ⟨merchant guild of⟩ Patiṉ-eṇ Viṣaiyam.

Bibliography

Edited in Cupparāyalu 1993 and Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002, with a delineation.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Cupparāyalu 1993 and Karashima & Subbarayalu 2002 and visual documentation therein.

Primary

[C] Cupparāyalu, E. 1993. “nākappaṭṭiṉam cūṭāmaṇi vihārattaic cērnta oru putiya pattar paṭimam.” Āvaṇam 3, pp. 43–47.

[K&S] Karashima, Noboru & Y. Subbarayalu. 2002. “Goldsmiths and Padinen-vishayam: A bronze Buddha image of Nagapattinam.” In: Ancient and medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean: Testimony of inscriptions and ceramic-sherds. Report of the Taisho University research project, 1997-2002. Edited by Karashima, Noboru. Tokyo: Taisho University, pp. 56–61.

Notes

1. That is, as a procession image.
2. That is, a Buddhist shrine.
3. Litteraly, metal works; designates the community of the metalsmiths.
4. That is, he commissioned the bronze.
5. That is, this image has been donated for the merit/benefit of the merchant guild.

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